Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-05-27
down upon him. 1t is headed, New Light
about Old Morrill's Pedigree"

dDoul Olu MOrrlll IeulSree.
\ party from Manchester, n. H., who
is no sneak, for he signs his name in full
VIM. n. Parker, is in trouble, and we
presume honestly so, about the blood
of the Morrill, horses. He has got hold
of Mr.. Wilbur Stearns of Plymouth, n.
H.. whose veracty he vouches for, but
who, if he made the statements attribute
ed to him in this letter. must be liar.
Mr.. Parker says: "Mr. Wilbur Stearns of
Plymouth, n. H., formerly of Danville,
VT, where he was raised, is now sixty
four years old; is a man of good stand
ing and unquestioned veracity, and son
OF John Stearns, formerly half owner of
the Dana Horse, with Mr.. Dana of Dan
vile, VT, from whom the Swazev Horse
got the name of the Dana Horse. Will
bur Stearns informed me recently that
the Dana Horse came from Maine. i'm his
dam, which Mr.. Dudley Swazey of Dan
vile. VT. traded for in Maine on one of
his annual trips. there exchanging farm
produce for salt, groceries. etc, and
this colt got its growth it was bought
from Mr.. SWazey by MeSsrs. Dana Il
Stearns, above named. and kept in Dan
vile for stock purposes partly" These
statements of Mr.. Stearns about the Dana
Horse, so far rs we know, for we do not
pretend to know very much about it.may
be correct; but then follows this Mr..
Abiiah .Jcnnison. the breeder and owner of
the Jennison Horse, told Mr.. Wilbur
StearnS-sO he informs me-that the
Eastman marc-pacer-dam of the Jenni-
son Horse, was first coupled with the
Randolph Horse, above named; that she
proved not to be in foal; that she was
then coupled with the Dana Horse. and
became in foal to him, and that foal be-
came what was known as the Jennson
Horse, sire of the original Morrill, Horse"
Mr.. Wallace again in his great ignor-
ance says (remarking upon this testi-
mony) "ln the absence of all really
historical evidence, therefore, we must
give due weight to the distinct types OF
the two families
There has been a great deal of research
into the pedigree and history of the Nor
rill Horse. The REGISTER has done very
much in this direction. Mr.. Thomson
of Woodstock has done very much and
excellent work, but perhaps the most
complete and one of the most excellent
articles ever published upon the pedigree
of any horse was done years ago for the
New York Spirit of the Times by Leon
ard T. Tucker of Royalton, VT. This ar
ticle was recently republished in full in
the REGISTER, and in one of the leading
horse journals of the West. Mr.. Tucker
was looking up exactly the point in ques-
ton, interviewed quite number of
those who knew the most about it. going
from place to place to find them. and.
among others. Mr.. Abiiah Jennison. the
breeder of the Jennison Horse. which in
terview we copy in full:
IL raised the colt that sired the Old
Morrill,. ! bought his dam of Nathaniel
harrington of this town. harrington had
her of Il Mr.. Bradley Weber of Hard
wick, VT. | bought her in the fall of the
have her three or four trips to Boston in
a six horse team, a distance of $50 miles :
she was PAGER and when she got to go
ing she could pace fast. She was won
derful stout mare, rather dull to drive.
but Il powerful draft horse. She was
black with brown nose and TANKS and
had but little tail. | should think she
was lG hands high, but don't know how
that was. never had her weighed but
should think she would have weighed
near 1900 lbs. The season that she bred
the colt (the JennisOn IIorse) no one had
any charge of her but myself. had
been to Peacham with her, some twenty
miles, and on my return home noticed
her to be in heat, so | stopped at the vii
lage (Our village and made trade with
Harvey Babcock for the service of yonng
Morgan Bulrush, or,as he was sometimes
or more frequently called, the Randolph
Horse. unhitchcd the mare myself and
attended to holding her and put her back
in the shafts and drove directly home.
had no occasion of trying her again that
season. This coupling with the stallion
was on the 18th day of July, and on the
10th day of June following she foaled the
sire of Morrill,. | never knew any such
such horse as the Daniel Dana, or Swa-
zey Horse. | have had occasion to look
up the date of the service of the stallion
and found the charge on Mr.. Babcocks
book to be July Is. did this | should
think twelve or fifteen years ago. | am
as sure as | am of anything that the
young Morgan Bulrush sired that colt.
| never heard a hint at anything else till
about eight years ago, and | don't know
how that story started. always thought
everything of the little Bulrush Horse.
Oh. he was the sDrinUipst thing | ever